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Three hundred loggers from Porto de Moz in the Amazon surrounded the Greenpeace vessel MV Arctic Sunrise earlier this week, and local forest activists were threatened with attacks that sent them fleeing for sanctuary. 

As of today the situation is still highly dangerous. Greenpeace needs your help to strengthen the support of Brazil's federal government. 

The protest and threats were aimed not only against Greenpeace, which has been exposing illegal logging in the region, but against the Brazilian Environmental agency (IBAMA)'s attempt to enforce the laws of Brazil as well.

In an action a few days ago our activists discovered a barge full of illegal logs in a remote riverside harbour. Activists painted "Crime" on 6,000 cubic metres of logs, and marked the area with yellow tape as a "Forest Crime" scene. Inspectors from IBAMA, the Brazilian Environmental agency, are currently active in the region. 
Inspectors working along the Transamazonian highway were trapped in their hotel last week when they were surrounded by 300 armed loggers. Loggers were provoked to protest by a local radio station, saying they were "cowards" if they didn't chase Greenpeace out.

The radio station is owned by the mayor of this small town, who also controls the largest logging operation in the region.

Illigers Macaws photographed above are native to Brazil

There are two things you can do to help with this extremely urgent and dangerous situation. 

First, send a letter to the:

Brazilian president Lula da Silva asking him to support his own government officials and local citizens

Second, make an urgent phone call or send a fax to your local Brazilian embassy. There is a list of Brazilian embassy information here:http://guardians.greenpeace.org/posting/1070008692

Greenpeace exists because this fragile earth deserves a voice. It needs solutions. It needs change. It needs action.